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Active knowledge and detective work

A disease rarely manifests itself as a textbook case. Other factors always play a role. There are often more or fewer symptoms, and it requires a great deal of active knowledge, imagination and thorough detective work to determine the cause of the problem. To make sure you are well equipped to do the essential work required of a doctor, the degree programme in medicine places heavy demands on your time, self-discipline and memory.

Education for life

Medical graduates work in all areas of the health sector, as doctors at hospitals and in private practices, or as researchers at universities and in the pharmaceutical industry. Being a doctor requires a constant focus on further education and training. Medicine is a field in which rapid development is taking place, and where new diseases and treatments are being discovered all the time. To be a doctor, you have to be inquisitive.

A degree programme with many options

Studies in medicine qualify you to enter the medical profession. The vast majority of students study medicine to become doctors, but the Bachelor’s degree in medicine also gives you other options. It provides entry to the Master’s degree programmes in biomedical engineering and health science at the University of Aarhus.

Research

The tenured teachers of medicine are also researchers, and the teaching therefore takes into account the latest knowledge in the different subject areas. Research methodology, i.e. the study of how you conduct research, is part of your education right from the very beginning. In addition, many students choose to complete a research year in the course of their studies. In most cases, this year is spent working on specific projects in collaboration with an institute or hospital, and it provides an excellent opportunity to make your contribution to an area that really interests you.